States—not Washington—best understand their transportation problems and how to solve them.

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R–WI) recently expressed this fact at the 2014 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). Describing Sen. Mike Lee (R–UT) and Rep. Tom Graves’ (R–GA) Transportation Empowerment Act (TEA) proposal, Ryan explained, “They want to give the states more control over our highways so that they can build the roads they need. Because we believe families should spend less time in traffic and more time at home.”

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